Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Under the circumstances presented here, Special Term should have granted plaintiff's motion to amend the ad damnum clause. "[I]n the absence of prejudice to the defendant, a motion to amend the ad damnum clause, whether made before or after trial, should generally be granted" (Loomis v Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp.,
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